Tea Party Spokesman Calls NAACP “racist organization”
Also posted at Daily Kos. In a new low in their fight against being labeled as racists, a spokesman for the Tea Party Express asserted that it was not his organization that was racist, but rather the NAACP that was. On CNN, Mark Williams said: “Racists have their own movement. It’s called the NAACP.” Williams goes on to call the NAACP: “a bunch of old fossils looking to make a buck off skin color.” I don’t detect... [Read More...]
Palin Insults NAACP
Palin’s latest tweet attacks the NAACP for considering a resolution to condemn the Tea Party for “explicitly racist behavior.” Palin tweets: I’m busy today so notify me asap when NAACP renders verdict: are liberty-loving, equality-respecting patriots racist?Bated breath,waiting… I’m surprised she even has to ask the question. Obviously she knows that, no, Democrats aren’t racist. I assume that’s... [Read More...]
Palin, Rove, FOX News and Tea Party Epic Fail: Why Moran is Beating Tiahrt
*Update* The Epic Fail is complete. Moran beats Tiahrt. Also posted at Daily Kos, 7/8/10, 1:30pm Barack Obama’s Presidency is on the line this November. Apparently. The proverbial “they” want to know if the general election will be a referendum on his Presidency, sweeping Republicans into power in Congress. But it’s a tiny little referendum on the Tea Party, FOX News, Sarah Palin Express going on right now in Kansas, that... [Read More...]
The Kansas Politician With a Snowball’s Chance in Hell
Published at Daily Kos, 7/7/2010, 12:09pm Getting elected to Congress in the Fourth District of Kansas as a Democrat is like the rich trying to get into heaven. (Don’t get mad at me. That’s just what Jesus said). This is largely ironic considering Dan Glickman, a Democrat, had a stranglehold on the 4th District for nearly two decades until the 1994 “revolution” that swept anyone with an “R” after their name into... [Read More...]
Too Easy – Glenn Beck Starts Own University
Yes, really. Beck announced on his website: “Beck University is a unique academic experience bringing together experts in the fields of religion, American history and economics. Through captivating lectures and interactive online discussions, these experts will explore the concepts of Faith, Hope and Charity and show you how they influence America’s past, her present and most importantly her future.” According to the Huffington... [Read More...]
Politician Uses Fake Kids In Ad. Again.
Meet Kevin Yoder, Republican. He has a wife. And four lovely children. Wait, what, no? He doesn’t have kids? Then who are these people chasing after him and his wife in a farm field? That’s right. They’re stand-ins. Stand-ins. Again. This guy, one more than one occasion, has used other people’s children (and dogs) in his campaign ads, in settings that look like family settings and made no effort to indicate that... [Read More...]
Military Members Getting Hosed – Homes Taken, Exposed to HIV
Of the following two stories, which do you think is worse: 1. 1,800 Veterans at a VA Hospital in Missouri may have been infected with HIV after going to the hospital for dental work. 2. Or the Texas Hose ‘Em: Military member loses home for failing to pay Home Owner’s Association fees under an incredible Texas law that allows HOA’s to foreclose on homes for failure to pay fees. And oh yeah, by the way, they don’t have to have... [Read More...]
Gun Rights Group Fights to Arm Abusers
The Supreme Court has ruled that the 2nd Amendment individual right to own a gun (as they ruled two years ago) applies to the states as well as the federal government via the 14th Amendment. Now, one of the first laws gun rights advocates said they want to challenge is the federal law that says anyone convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor can’t own a gun. Of all the laws they think should go, the gun rights advocates are most concerned... [Read More...]
Give Oil Spill Proceeds to the Gulf Coast States
**UPDATE*** Greater legal minds than my own (doesn’t take much) have offered an even better solution: forfeiture. Under the criminal statutes the United States Government can seize all profits from criminal activity. The term “profits” can encompass quite a large swath. Therefore, if they do charge BP with a crime, they can seize all the profits from the spill as forfeiture for the victims. Duh. And I thought I wasn’t... [Read More...]
Paul to Russia: Illegal Immigrants Kids Shouldn’t Be U.S. Citizens
Every day Rand Paul looks more and more to me like Joe Pesci as David Ferry in JFK. This Tea Party, Libertarian, Republican Hybrid thing that Paul has going on also has me confused. But, then so do all of the Republican party’s viewpoints the past two decades. Here I am, thinking I’ve got a bead on the tea party philosophy when Rand Paul breaks out this gem to a Russian tv station (video on the right): Paul recently suggested to a... [Read More...]
